2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Main article: Central American and Caribbean Games

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Host city	Barranquilla
Country	Colombia
Nations participating	37
Athletes participating	5854
Events	450
Opening ceremony	19 July
Closing ceremony	3 August
Officially opened by	Juan Manuel Santos President of Colombia
Main venue	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Website	Barranquilla2018.com
<  2014 2022  >

The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.^[1]

Contents

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  1 Bidding process
  


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  2 Sports
  


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  3 Medal table
  


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  4 Nations
  


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  5 References
  

Bidding process

Quetzaltenango was the only city to meet CACSO's January 2012 deadline to bid for the Games,^[2] and on October 29, 2012 it was named the host city.^[1]

Guatemala last hosted the Games in 1950 (in Guatemala City); Central America last hosted in 2002 (in San Salvador, El Salvador). Panajachel would be the venue for sailing, open water swimming and triathlon.^[3][4] Quetzaltenango was officially stripped from its hosting rights in May 2014.^[5]

Meanwhile, the Colombian City of Santiago de Cali has sent a formal request to the CACSO committee to host the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games (due to the success of the 2013 World Games) in case that Quetzaltenango was unable to meet with the event's logistics. In addition, sports venues in Santiago de Cali were completely built and in excellent condition, while Quetzaltenango was having delays in its venue preparation.^[6]

A second bidding phase was opened to find the new hosts for the Games. Panama City (Panama),^[7]Puerto la Cruz (Venezuela),^[8] and Barranquilla (Colombia)^[9] were bidding to host the Games. Barranquilla was voted as the hosts for the Games during a CACSO meeting in Veracruz, Mexico.^[10]

Sports

• Aquatics
  
  
  
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    Artistic swimming (7) (details)
  
  
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    Diving (8) (details)
  
  
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    Open water swimming (2) (details)
  
  
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    Swimming (40) (details)
  
  
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    Water polo (2) (details)
  
  
  
  


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  Archery (10) (details)


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  Athletics (46) (details)


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  Badminton (6) (details)


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  Baseball (1) (details)


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  Basketball (2) (details)
  
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    3x3 basketball (2) (details)
  
  


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  Beach volleyball (2) (details)


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  Bowling (10) (details)


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  Boxing (15) (details)


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  Canoeing (9) (details)


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  Cycling (details)
  
  
  
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    BMX (2)
    
  
  
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    Mountain biking (2)
    
  
  
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    Road (4)
    
  
  
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    Track (19)
    
  
  
  
  


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  Equestrian (9) (details)


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  Fencing (12) (details)


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  Field hockey (2) (details)


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  Football (2) (details)


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  Golf (2) (details)


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  Gymnastics (details)
  
  
  
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    Artistic gymnastics (14)
    
  
  
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    Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
    
  
  
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    Trampoline (3)
    
  
  
  
  


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  Handball (2) (details)


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  Judo (18) (details)


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  Karate (12) (details)


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  Modern pentathlon (5) (details)


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  Racquetball (6) (details)


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  Roller sports (12) (details)


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  Rowing (11) (details)


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  Rugby sevens (2) (details)


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  Sailing (7) (details)


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  Shooting (33) (details)


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  Squash (7) (details)


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  Softball (2) (details)


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  Table tennis (7) (details)


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  Taekwondo (21) (details)


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  Tennis (7) (details)


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  Triathlon (5) (details)


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  Volleyball (2) (details)


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  Weightlifting (32) (details)


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  Wrestling (18) (details)

Medal table

  Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	132	118	91	341
2	Cuba (CUB)	102	72	68	242
3	Colombia (COL)*	79	94	97	270
4	Venezuela (VEN)	34	48	73	155
5	Dominican Republic (DOM)	25	29	53	107
6	Guatemala (GUA)	21	22	41	84
7	Puerto Rico (PUR)	20	29	38	87
8	Jamaica (JAM)	12	4	11	27
9	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	9	8	13	30
10	Bahamas (BAH)	4	2	1	7
11	Panama (PAN)	3	5	5	13
12	El Salvador (ESA)	2	5	11	18
13	Aruba (ARU)	2	1	6	9
14	Barbados (BAR)	2	0	4	6
15	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	6	19	26
16	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	1	1	1	3
17	Suriname (SUR)	1	0	1	2
18	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
19	Bermuda (BER)	0	2	1	3
20	Honduras (HON)	0	1	5	6
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	1	1	2
22	Grenada (GRN)	0	1	0	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	1	0	1
24	Nicaragua (NIC)	0	0	9	9
25	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	0	3	3
26	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Guadeloupe (GLP)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Martinique (MTQ)	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 nations)		451	450	557	1458

Nations

The following 37 nations will take part. For the first time in the Central American and Caribbean Games, six Caribbean territories of European Countries competed, since ODACABE reached agreement with said countries. These territories being: the three French territories of
Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, the British Territory of Turks and Caicos, and the two Dutch territories of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. ^[11]

The numbers in parentheses represents the number of athletes entered.

Participating Nations
Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Colombia (Host)  Costa Rica  Cuba  Curaçao  Dominica	Dominican Republic  El Salvador  French Guiana  Grenada  Guadeloupe  Guatemala  Guyana  Haiti  Honduras  Jamaica  Martinique  Mexico  Nicaragua	Panama  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Sint Maarten  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  United States Virgin Islands  Venezuela

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab (in Spanish) Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
   


2. 
   ^ (in Spanish) ODECABE decide hoy si Xela es sede de lo CA y del Caribe 2018 Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. (translation: "CASCO decides today if Quetzaltenango is the host of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games"). Published by Prense Libre on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
   


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   ^ Administrator. "Inicia el camino a los Juegos C.A. y del Caribe - ElMetropolitano Xela". Xela.elmetropolitano.com.gt. Retrieved 2012-01-03..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ "Guatemala y El Salvador buscan sede 'JCC 2018'" (in Spanish). xeu Deportes. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
   


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   ^ "ODECABE insiste: Guatemala está descartada para organizar Juegos 2018". Panama America (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
   


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   ^ "Cali busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". El Pueblo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
   


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   ^ "Panamá insiste en organizar los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". Tele Sur. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
   


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   ^ "Venezuela se postulará como sede de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". Globovision (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
   


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   ^ "Barranquilla busca ser sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de 2018". El Universal. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
   


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    ^ "Barranquilla, escogida como sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018". El Heraldo (in Spanish). 11 June 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
    


11. 
    ^ Del Valle Hernández, Sara (July 18, 2018), "10 curiosidades de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe", El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish), San Juan, PR
    

v t e Central American and Caribbean Games
Mexico City 1926 Havana 1930 San Salvador 1935 Panama City 1938 Barranquilla 1946 Guatemala City 1950 Mexico City 1954 Caracas 1959 Kingston 1962 San Juan 1966 Panama City 1970 Santo Domingo 1974 Medellín 1978 Havana 1982 Santiago de los Caballeros 1986 Mexico City 1990 Ponce 1993 Maracaibo 1998 San Salvador 2002 Cartagena 2006 Mayagüez 2010 Veracruz 2014 Baranquilla 2018 Panama City 2022

v t e Events at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia

Archery Artistic swimming Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Basketball 3x3 Beach volleyball Bowling Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Karate Modern pentathlon Racquetball Roller sports Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Softball Squash Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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